Why is hydroxyzine (Vistaril) prescribed to patients? Hydroxyzine is used for the relief of pruritus (itching) caused by various allergic conditions. Hydroxyzine also is used to treat anxiety and tension, and inducing sedation prior to or after anesthesia. Hydroxyzine also is used to treat nausea, vomiting, and alcohol withdrawal.
Instructor: Mark Pearcy. When Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814, they meant to protest the War of 1812. What they managed to do, however, was effectively destroy their own party as a national political force, through a combination of bad timing and bad luck.
One of the main reasons for the 1787 Convention was that the Articles of Confederation required the unanimous consent of all 13 states for the national government to take action. This system had proved unworkable, and the newly written Constitution sought to address this problem.